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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
Aug.
2021		 June
2022		 July
2022(p)		 Aug.
2022(p)		 Aug.
2021		 June
2022		 July
2022(p)		 Aug.
2022(p)

Total private

 $26.10 $27.45 $27.58 $27.68 $892.62 $933.30 $937.72 $938.35

Goods-producing

 26.73 27.91 28.03 28.15 1,090.58 1,133.15 1,140.82 1,140.08

Mining and logging

 31.54 32.83 33.10 33.51 1,457.15 1,579.12 1,592.11 1,578.32

Construction

 30.76 32.27 32.40 32.57 1,211.94 1,274.67 1,283.04 1,286.52

Manufacturing

 24.03 24.96 25.06 25.13 994.84 1,023.36 1,029.97 1,027.82

Durable goods

 25.03 26.15 26.21 26.32 1,036.24 1,080.00 1,087.72 1,084.38

Nondurable goods

 22.44 23.04 23.21 23.19 926.77 933.12 937.68 934.56

Private service-providing

 25.97 27.36 27.49 27.58 859.61 900.14 904.42 904.62

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 22.56 23.87 23.98 24.06 773.81 811.58 815.32 815.63

Wholesale trade

 27.91 29.10 29.33 29.39 1,085.70 1,137.81 1,149.74 1,146.21

Retail trade

 18.61 19.49 19.60 19.65 571.33 592.50 593.88 593.43

Transportation and warehousing

 24.21 26.20 26.16 26.36 932.09 990.36 988.85 993.77

Utilities

 40.14 42.14 42.27 41.95 1,709.96 1,812.02 1,792.25 1,774.49

Information

 36.62 37.65 37.76 38.13 1,351.28 1,366.70 1,370.69 1,380.31

Financial activities

 30.51 32.24 32.47 32.45 1,138.02 1,205.78 1,214.38 1,210.39

Professional and business services

 30.82 32.53 32.64 32.71 1,115.68 1,180.84 1,188.10 1,190.64

Education and health services

 27.38 28.83 28.99 29.11 892.59 942.74 947.97 951.90

Leisure and hospitality

 16.49 17.78 17.81 17.92 412.25 437.39 436.35 437.25

Other services

 23.86 24.42 24.65 24.58 744.43 761.90 769.08 766.90

Footnotes
(1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2021 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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Last Modified Date: September 02, 2022